Slave Narrative

Timeline for writing process:
2 Clusters (prewrite) - due Fri 1/23 (10 points)
Second Draft - due Monday 1/26 (means you have work to do this weekend!)
Peer Edit - due Tuesday 1/27 (means it's "done"; 10 points)
Final Draft - due Thursday 1/29

Requirements:
Format - min 3 pages; 12 font; times/arial font; double space; 1" margins; include rubric (on 8th grade page) with final draft

Story (see rubric) [20 points - Lit]
Setting: place and time, details; has direct impact on plot!
Plot: 3c's need to be clear
Characters - detailed, clear
Include dialogue

Writing (see rubric) [25 points - Eng]

Spelling - 20 points

Week of January 12

Today the 8th graders received formal outlines for the two remaining reports for the 2nd trimester. The Biography Report is due on February 13 and students need to select their book by 1/20. The class also received the presentation guidelines for their Narnia group reports. The format is a little different from previous years, so remember, if you have questions ask sooner than later! Presentations begin on March 2.

There are no vocabulary packets this week. There is a vocab/spelling quiz next Tuesday 1/20:
receding (123), competent (125), microbes (125), hemisphere (125), radial (125), heedless (125), implications (125), fugitives (133), incentive (135), disheveled (135), guttural (135), mutinous (137), cajoling (137), indomitable (137), fastidious (139)

Friday is a block period for Narnia groups.

No school Monday!

Week of 1/6

Happy New Year and welcome back. The next 3 months have a lot of work for the class of 2009: essays, test prep / high school entrance exams, Narnia, etc. Hopefully your resolutions will help keep you prepared and organized!

Vocab packet #4 due Friday 1/9
1) in class Tuesday there will be 4 test prep words and 3 daily vocab words
2) Lit workbook pg. 49
3) textbook vocab list: apprenticeship (109), mote (110), countenance (110), furtive (110), inquest (111), pretext (113), intimation (114), judicious (114), indulgent (114), emancipated (116).

Spelling and vocab quizzes will be Monday 1/12.

We will also read a story by Mark Twain, work on a 5 paragraph essay, and review your Narnia group's progress in class on Friday. (hint: get those wikis updated)